SOllGIIUM fESTS. 



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be serious pests^ mucli feared by cultivators. Other widespread pests 

 in Madras are described by Mr. Barber.' Of these tlie mite which 

 produces an appearance similar to rust is a widespread pest in some years. 

 On the whole this crop appears to be fairly free from pests and, when 

 g-rown in large areas, the pests are often so widely spread that little 

 injury results. 



' Bulletiu Nl). 49. Diseases of Audropogou sorghum iu Madras. (1904.) 



